Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d73616c34206d19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:51:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f54688b529ea9f8975a27998f846e247 SHA-1: 86dfc96e4b47fb38cacc017651c451694897fdf7 SHA-256: 2d73616c34206d194103018b5da2cbdf86f726ecb4e8dde14b2686bd2c1487f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with attempts to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=event+partnership+proposal+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d271d19c8c0---77929608801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d55bd6e764e---3831850983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2090ea30f7c0d78248d80556d4b2e558/5146620182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab04c27df21---gudanedisomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stepweystudy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1199692530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c12fbb7ffde0656df80939e1ce7a2770/86155371562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e779134be4d02b8255d63e257e5b565/funof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-coeur-du-temps.com/userfiles/file/74358746708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/67949517884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d0509ec96---pigifawifozumegixegezekux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c942502df0a---gurubuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c28e79b6a57b8dedd4945299fac1376/xosizilibijulokagewor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalchurchesinstitute.com/files/file/58405183664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yankey.com.tw/demo/public/editor/ckfinder/upload/user_upload/files/31070156745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/93577922981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vrindaindia.com/php/joseph/uploads/file/pumozuvevejikifewinerem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4ab9de050---91620046818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serdceprirody.ru/userfiles/file/roruduwutobupikesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sehs67.com/clients/e/e0/e078d4d0076166a7bb489ca3b3a583ab/File/97156335065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c53d0aa409a---19672206187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mistral-paints.cz/userfiles/files/miwusobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.darvidproperty.com/news/file/lavasenanumofizedipevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcde.kr/userfiles/file/nodubigomuvokazabuzatibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betibg.eu/webroot/img/files/51850241192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnmrobotics.com/files/files/67847313975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiokclassof65.com/clients/d/db/dbefc63a503cf3d3a4f9fb61678ecc08/File/ximaturelefubedoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e42bt3l.net/upfile/files/37092922478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011017.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11017 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012829.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12829 17920 bytes
SHA-256: 8378fbaeeb0627d50d074f04525a048f8d2c2b6b7281b557a00da50bf01167fe
font_02_sfnt_off0001566d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1566D 10644 bytes
SHA-256: a465577a0894cf339a84aa86faa152507732f171c66ea903b28b7ad98aaea2f3